In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!
Monday, August 12, 2024
"White Robes And Broken Badges -- Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us" by Joe Moore (KLCC, NPR, Harper Collins, 2024)
On August 12, 2024, the NPR program, "Fresh Air," aired a revealing interview with author Joe Moore, who infiltrated KKK and law enforcement in North Florida for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Thinking about the 3-2 vote against starting a St. Johns County Public Housing Agency, based on flummery, dupery and nincompoopery from Dr. Ron Joseph, M.D., et al., his wife, Commissioner KRISTA KEATING JOSEPH, and County Commissioner Chairman xxxxx.
Thinking about the September 2, 2010 homicide of Ms. Michelle O'Connell in the home of St. Johns County Sheriff's Deputy JEREMY BANKS, and the conspiracy of silence led by disgraceful retaliatory, rebarbative Republican St. Johns County Sheriff DAVID SHOAR, who is on the August 20, 2024 closed Republican Primary Ballot for State Senate, District attorney 7. Disgraced ex-Sheriff SHOAR legally changed his name from "HOAR" in 1994. Several factions of Dull Republicans seek Seat 7 in the closed Auguset 20, 2024 Republican Primary Ballot. Surely one of the factions' candidates would make a better Senate Senator than. the slippery SHOAR, endorsed by DONALD JOHN TRUMP, convicted felon.
Be not afraid. Justice for Michelle O'Connell.
From NPR:
'White Robes and Broken Badges' exposes the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan
Joe Moore, a former Army sniper turned FBI informant, shares how he infiltrated the KKK and helped foil a plot to assassinate then Sen. Barack Obama. Moore explains how hate groups are growing.
In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the backwoods of the Sunshine State, uncovering details about the hate group's structure and its modern far-right spinoffs which are operating to achieve the same goal: inciting a second civil war by whatever violent means necessary.
"We need you back."
It was a call FBI informant and former Army sniper Joe Moore never expected to get. He'd already infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan once before, and his contributions prevented an assassination attempt targeting then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. Moore nearly lost his life in the process. But now, the FBI needed Moore's help once again.
In White Robes and Broken Badges, Moore reveals the astounding true story of how he became one of the most entrenched and valuable undercover agents in the FBI's history. Gripping, told with astonishing detail, this heart pounding and darkly propulsive memoir vividly recounts how he infiltrated the "Invisible Empire" at the highest levels--not once, but twice--becoming a Grand Knighthawk, overseeing security, defense, and internal communications for the domestic terrorist group across Florida and Georgia. Moore makes clear how the seeds of violence and hate spawned the tragedy in Charlottesville, the failed January 6 Capitol coup, and the growing threat posed by extremist militias--including the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and others.
Going undercover, Moore discovered the shocking connections between the KKK and law enforcement across Florida--police officers, prison guards, and sheriff's deputies who all belonged to the Klan--and eventually exposed the terrifying presence of right-wing extremists throughout law enforcement today. Moore reflects on the steep personal costs of immersing himself in the Klan's racist ideology and twisted rituals--and its effect on himself and his family--while secretly providing the FBI with invaluable information on the Klan's inner workings, murderous plots, and plans for civil war.
With a foreword by Congressman Jamie Raskin and illustrated with 8-pages of color photos, White Robes and Broken Badges is a comprehensive and unprecedented look at a growing threat in America and an urgent call-to-action--because ultimately, the answers to healing the divides in this country lie in its perilous history.
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